wordpress using nginx php mysql on macos
🧰 Prerequisites (via Homebrew) Open Terminal and install the essentials: bash Copy Edit brew install nginx mysql php unzip Start services: bash Copy Edit brew services start nginx brew services start mysql brew services start php Optional: You can check versions with nginx -v , mysql --version , php -v . 🗃️ Create a MySQL Database for WordPress bash Copy Edit mysql -u root Then inside MySQL shell: sql Copy Edit CREATE DATABASE wordpress DEFAULT CHARACTER SET utf8 COLLATE utf8_unicode_ci; CREATE USER 'wpuser' @ 'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'wppassword' ; GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON wordpress. * TO 'wpuser' @ 'localhost' ; FLUSH PRIVILEGES; EXIT; 📥 Download and Place WordPress bash Copy Edit cd /usr/local/var/www curl -O https://wordpress.org/latest.zip unzip latest.zip mv wordpress wordpress.local rm latest.zip You now have the site files in: /usr/local/var/www/wordpress.local 🔧 Configure Nginx Nginx config li...